1·Just a twist of the handle is all it takes to wring out the mop.
只需旋转一下那个手柄就可以拧干拖把。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Irene's use of the mop had been a calculated attempt to cover up her crime.
艾琳使用拖把是个精心安排的举动，意在掩盖她的罪行。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·You should pick up a bucket and a mop to clean the house.
你应该拿一个水桶和一个拖把去打扫房间。
4·"Look at him," said she; "his beard is like an old mop; he shall be called Grisly-beard."
“瞧他，”她说；“他的胡子像一把旧拖把；他该被称为画眉嘴。”
5·And that was the day I looked around my house and saw what I had – a mop, a vacuum leaner and some cleaning fluids – and I decided to start our own cleaning business.
也是在那天，我将家里看了个遍，找出自己拥有的东西——一把拖把，一台真空吸尘器以及一些洗涤剂——然后决定开始我们自己的清洁业务。
1·Now, some people, when they are upset or stressed, will go mop the floor and re-varnish the table and won't be able to recognize stress if it bites them in the face.
当一些人觉得沮丧或者压力较大时，他们会去擦地板或者重新将餐桌油漆一遍，他们在抑郁的情绪直接侵袭自己之前是不会认识到这种不良情绪的。
2·Mongolia is covered with vast plains, so it's dusty there. The floor is always dusty and people here use T-shaped wooden mop stick with rag to mop the floor.
而在蒙古到处都是大草原，风沙大，所以地板上总是沙沙的，在这儿人们总是用T字型的木拖把柄垫著抹布来擦地。
3·At home, she can wash clothes, mop the floor, clean the Windows and cook the meal for her mom.
在家里，她可以帮妈妈洗衣服，擦地板，擦窗户，做饭。
4·In the past four years the number of civil servants has been cut in half, their salaries have shrunk by a third and they now have to mop their own floors, they complain.
在过去的4年中，公务员的数量砍掉了一半，而今他们抱怨道，不仅工资缩水三分之一，他们甚至要自己来擦地板。
5·British research shows that an hour of pushing a mop across the floor works off 238 calories - the equivalent of a chocolate bar or 2 small glasses of wine.
据英国《每日邮报》报道，英国研究发现，擦地1小时消耗238卡路里热量，相当于一块巧克力或两小杯葡萄酒所含热量。